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America This Week
Matt Taibbi & Walter Kirn
Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 143
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25/07/2025#34🇺🇸 USA - news
25/07/2025#97
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America This Week, September 6, 2024: "Hall of Political Mirrors"
vendredi 6 septembre 2024 • Duration 30:24
Walter calls a scandal. Russiagate is exhumed again. Walter explains weasels, both the human and actual kind. Also, "Sredni Vashtar," by Saki.
America This Week, August 30, 2024: "The Campaign Rebrand"
vendredi 30 août 2024 • Duration 30:10
Upside-down world keeps spinning as the blues campaign on a border wall. Also, a fascinating inspiration for a pop culture classic: "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz
America This Week, June 14, 2024: "Elections and Dragons"
vendredi 14 juin 2024 • Duration 30:30
Matt and Walter play a new election preparedness role-playing game produced by the CIA's venture capital arm (Racket story to come), and discuss Guy De Maupassant's "The Necklace"
America This Week, June 7, 2024: “America’s Grand Inquisitor”
vendredi 7 juin 2024 • Duration 30:30
Now that jailing political opponents is a norm, does America think freedom is overrated, and authority be celebrated? Also, Walter and Matt discuss Dostoyevsky’s “Grand Inquisitor”
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America This Week, with Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn, Episode 91
vendredi 31 mai 2024 • Duration 30:30
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America This Week, May 24, 2024: "Life on Polarized Mars"
vendredi 24 mai 2024 • Duration 30:30
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America This Week, May 17, 2024: "Delusion, Not Just Once A Year"
vendredi 17 mai 2024 • Duration 30:30
A wild backlash against a poll underscores the neverending cycle of mad delusions that American pop culture has become. Plus, Heinrich Böll's my-how-relevant "Christmas Not Just Once a Year."
America This Week, May 10, 2024: Canada Über Alles! On Justin Trudeau's Terrifying New Speech Law
vendredi 10 mai 2024 • Duration 30:30
Walter and Matt discuss the New York Times and Canada's Online Harms Act. Plus, "The Story-Teller," by Saki.
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America This Week, May 3, 2024: Gaza, Columbia, and More, in "I&P"
vendredi 3 mai 2024 • Duration 30:30
Walter and Matt finally talk about a long-avoided subject. Plus, John Updike's "A&P"
America This Week, April 26, 2024: "The Magic Weekend"
vendredi 26 avril 2024 • Duration 30:30
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